Russell Lee Klika

“Faces of Iraq 2 (1)”

ARTIST STATEMENT

Sheik, from the city of Tuz, Iraq during a medical mission with Soldier’s of the 278th Regimental Combat team of the Tennessee Army National Guard. Klika was recently assigned as a photographer to the National Guard Bureau in Smyrna, TN.He did two back to back tours in Iraq as a military photojournalist and hails from Appleton, WI, and has three sons, one of which is currently serving in the Army in one of the two combat theaters.

Selected by Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography at the Harn Museum of Art.